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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 8:30:41 PM
#449
LeonhartFour posted...
Mortal Kombat 11 7.97%
INSIDE 7.13%

Avoiding the fatality, but still a heavy uppercut.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 8:06:50 PM
#399
For people still voting because of their main brackets, I imagine many of them are also torn because of their second chance bracket being different today.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 7:59:34 PM
#370
Match of the contest, coming up.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 7:54:40 PM
#366
Thank you TRE! Here you go @Advokaiser :

INDIE GAMES THAT GOT TO ROUND 3 (1):

Shovel Knight - 27.19% (VS Super Mario Odyssey)
Shovel Knight - 50.36% (VS Octopath Traveler)
Shovel Knight - 64.4% (VS Dragon's Dogma)

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INDIE GAMES THAT GOT TO ROUND 2 (10):

Hollow Knight - 49.58% (VS Final Fantasy XV)
Hollow Knight - 62.81% (VS Tales or Berseria)

Minecraft - 42.35% (VS Marvel's Spider-Man)
Minecraft - 75.71% (VS Dota 2)

Cuphead - 39.74% (VS Grand Theft Auto V)
Cuphead - 68.28% (VS XCOM 2)

Ori and the Blind Forest - 37.74% (VS Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Ori and the Blind Forest - 51.91% (VS Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Stardew Valley - 35.91% (VS Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Stardew Valley - 71.17% (VS Destiny)

Super Meat Boy - 35.16% (VS Sonic Mania)
Super Meat Boy - 68.96% (VS Slay the Spire)

Divinity: Original Sin 2 - 31.27% (VS NieR: Autonama)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - 69.22% (VS Hearthstone)

Bastion - 28.09% (VS Dragon Quest XI)
Bastion - 52.25% (VS The Walking Dead)

Journey - 25.02% (VS Skyrim)
Journey - 66.2% (VS Fate/Grand Order)

Rocket League - 22.76% (VS Dark Souls)
Rocket League - 51.66% (VS Dragon Ball FighterZ)

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INDIE GAMES THAT LOST IN ROUND 1 (20):

Celeste - 49.55% (VS Rayman Legends)
Undertale - 46.71% (VS Octopath Traveler)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 43.47% (VS Nioh)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 40.9% (VS Borderlands 2)
Terraria - 32.31% (VS BioShock Infinite)
Disco Elysium - 31.94% (VS Kingdom Hearts 3)
Slay the Spire - 31.04% (VS Super Meat Boy)
Crypt of the NecroDancer - 28.47% (VS Final Fantasy XIV)
VVVVVV - 28.28% (VS Fallout 4)
Dead Cells - 27.49% (VS Metal Gear Solid V)
What Remains of Edith Finch - 25.35% (VS Final Fantasy XV)
The Witness - 22.61% (VS Yakuza 0)
FTL: Faster Than Light - 22.23% (VS Persona 4 Golden)
Baba is You - 20.73% (VS Grand Theft Auto V)
The Stanley Parable - 20.6% (VS Fallout: New Vegas)
Night in the Woods - 18.04% (VS Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver)
Hotline Miami - 17.01% (VS Dark Souls)
Subnautica - 16% (VS Skyrim)
INSIDE - 13.94% (VS DOOM)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 12.75% (VS Super Mario Galaxy 2)

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 7:42:38 PM
#361
Sense of dread alert: CD Projekt Red rallies today whether or not it really needs itagainst Skyrim to build rolling support and make rallying for it two days in a row easier.

Somebody please inform my sene of dread though: what are examples of what they've done to rally in the past? I feel like we've been fearing them for a few years because they rally elsewhere, but I don't recall actually seeing proof of this.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 7:26:19 PM
#355
Advokaiser posted...
@HaRRicH Do you still have the list of indie games by performance?

I do not, sorry. If someone can link me to the past CS&D topics from this contest, I know I posted the final indie list on 4/22/2020 or 4/23/2020 after SMO beat Shovel Knight...happy to find it again if I can get that access.

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TopicBoard Odds Project Second Chance Edition - Share your entry here!
HaRRicH
05/11/20 5:35:57 PM
#45
BOP continues to impress.

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TopicRecommend one game that lost in Round 5.
HaRRicH
05/11/20 5:29:32 PM
#12
My two early barriers to getting more into DS were its general tone that made me uncomfortably tense and its menus where I can still be attacked during them. Maybe another day.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 5:23:52 PM
#321
Ultimate > SSB43DS = SSBM > Brawl > original

(just talking about preferences...used to go Brawl > Melee but it was ultimately a more replaceable game than Melee)

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 5:18:18 PM
#319
FFDragon posted...
Original Smash commercial is OP though.

Cannot be denied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 3:33:18 PM
#299
Biggest problem with the Years contest is it ignored system releases. It had other problems too though.

2015 >> Years >= 2013

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 3:30:44 PM
#296
Melee is strong, but let's not put it on a pedeatal. Ultimate beat it in that SSB-poll and Brawl beat it one-on-one. I still might take Melee > Ultimate, but Melee isn't assured victory is my main point with that statement.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 1:21:59 PM
#267
Here's some fun framing:

ORIGINAL SSB VS OCARINA OF TIME:
Nintendo 64:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7120-what-is-your-all-time-favorite-nintendo-64-game

MELEE VS WIND WAKER:
Contests:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3469-division-6-round-1-disgaea-fire-emblem-ssbm-zelda-ww
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3489-division-6-round-2-diablo-iilod-halo-ssbm-zelda-ww

Gamecube:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7203-what-is-your-all-time-favorite-gamecube-game

BRAWL VS TWILIGHT PRINCESS/SKYWARD SWORD:
Contests:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3505-contest-quarterfinal-zelda-tp-re4-ssbb-mgs4
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4190-final-rounds-quarterfinal-smash-bros-brawl-vs-zelda-twilight

Wii:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4841-what-is-your-favorite-wii-exlcusive-game

ULTIMATE VS BREATH OF THE WILD:
Contest:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8039-semifinals-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-vs-super-smash-bros

SUPER SMASH BROS. SERIES:
Series:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7577-what-is-the-best-all-time-super-smash-bros-game

It is possible SSBU is the strongest SSB game we have now,...yet LoZ:BotW is beating SSBU worse than SSBM could beat LoZ:WW. This is the biggest beating LoZ has given SSB within the same generation since the Nintendo 64.

Bravo. Also, very scary strength.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 12:16:10 AM
#215
Talking about Witcher 3 boosting here, I wonder how much of it was before or after Geralt's near run in 2018. He snuck through his competitive eight-pack and impressed against Auron at that time. Was his boosting done then, or was there more since then?

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 12:05:32 AM
#209
MechanicalWall posted...
Why is Binding of Isaac not being questioned here?

I know it's hard to imagine something going from trash to turbo trash, but that game was still semi relevant in the indiesphere in 2015. It's not hard to imagine it having gotten weaker in the intervening 5 years.

I'll jump on this one and say with SMB and BoI being my two favorite games of the decade and having been burnt by both of them this contest, a side of me's been wondering if Ed McMillan's impact was simply bigger in the first half of the decade.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/11/20 12:03:08 AM
#205
If you could give a Chess board steroids, don't get me wrong, I would be increasingly scared on the pawns...but I would be way more afraid of the Queen.

I imagine that's the part of CT's argument anyway for the SNEnami that hit us that contest.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 11:55:15 PM
#200
transience posted...
you don't just assume that Ocarina loses without exceptional proof.

Like beating Mass Effect 3.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 11:52:47 PM
#198
I get that argument KP, it makes sense. Still, pj's got a good point too -- this was Witcher 3 like two months after facing the Binding of Isaac:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6205-best-of-2015-game-of-the-year-final-vote

(suspecting we agree FO4 has dropped)

My comment was more about the smell test -- I took it to barely lose to FO:NV pre-contest and was off by a few percent so I come at this humbly, but now we're near the end and it feels like a good match with Portal 2. RDR2 has an argument for improving too since RDR1 was a borderline division winner. I've done a lot of doubting SMG2's strength, but despite GoW's strong showing in 2018's GotY and understanding it's earned its praise GoW hasn't exactly struck me as sustaining that same type of showing this contest.

I don't trust western SFF as concept yet and it looks right where it landed. Stats aren't there to match feelings, granted -- I just think it looks fine now that we see more context on what getting blown out by Witcher 3 means.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 10:50:23 PM
#175
LeonhartFour posted...
Portal 2 36.98%
God of War 35.52%
Red Dead Redemption 2 34.40%

We've talked a lot about GoW getting SFF'd but this is a plenty reasonable place for it to have landed.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 10:47:47 PM
#174
handsomeboy2012 posted...
SFF happens because both are Games

Games Against More Entertainment Factor Aiding Questionable Stats

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Topic* GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part Two *
HaRRicH
05/10/20 10:42:32 PM
#354
For what I hear of Witcher's rallying potential, I'm not ready to say it can't.

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Topic* GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part Two *
HaRRicH
05/10/20 10:20:02 PM
#352
Going to the final match before we have a winner? Cool.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 10:12:14 PM
#165
Luster's got the right idea.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 9:49:43 PM
#160
Team Rocket Elite posted...
I made the account all those years ago.

The foresight, my goodness. Nice.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 9:48:50 PM
#159
charmander6000 posted...
The Board Odds Project started during the first games contest in 2004.

Appreciate the fun-fact! Man I love the amount of long-time effort users have put in here.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 9:35:16 PM
#147
USER INFO: BOARD ODDS PROJECT

? Block User Since: Jul 2004

...did we have a BOP back then or did somebody take advantage of their name change?

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TopicRecommend one game that lost in Round 5.
HaRRicH
05/10/20 7:48:04 PM
#1
Which game?




I've only played Dark Souls a few minutes but I wasn't into it. Looking forward to trying Xenoblade soon though and would like to try Persona 5 one day too.

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TopicMario Kart: Double Dash!! vs. Mario Kart Wii
HaRRicH
05/10/20 7:26:17 PM
#23
MKW is unfairly crapped on and is one of the best in the series.

MK:DD is fairly crapped on and is one of the worst in the series.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 7:21:08 PM
#57
TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 2:19:24 PM
#18
I mean since Melee.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360
HaRRicH
05/10/20 1:23:39 PM
#16
Yeah, it's weird -- Galaxy was beloved after the controversy of Sunshine and earned itself a sequel, but it never showcased that much strength. Even its GotY-win, in hindsight, had Halo 3 and CoD:4:MW splitting the vote or else it would have been more competitive.

I think Mario just got replaced in the Nintendo hierarchy -- not in an all-time Series Contest perspective NECESSARILY, but the end of the 1990s ushered a new wave. The NES was Mario's system, then although LoZ:LttP > SMW here SMW was packaged with the system, had a "sequel" in Yoshi's Island, and had its first huge spin-off in Super Mario Kart so Mario still had the crown. SM64 revolutionized the 3D transition for the industry, but then LoZ:OoT came out and LoZ never looked back as the leader here. That same year, Pokemon RBY came to America and we have a world of people who still care about 151 pocket monsters. Meanwhile, that next year introduced Smash, and two years later SSBM came out. In comparison, It took five years to go from SM64 to SMS.

Mario games are bigger than Pokemon games most of the time here, but sales-wises without looking I would expect Pokemon to outsell Mario more on that casual front now. Contest-wise, Mario never met the high-points the LoZ and SSB games hit either with hardcore fans. Mario lost its lane (besides platformers), not through any fault of his own but through the strength of Nintendo as an industry leader.

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TopicThe Show EP 7 - A Xeno/Persona Classic and Picking the Last Week, w/ azuarc!
HaRRicH
05/10/20 12:16:22 AM
#65
My thought is expecting strength out of Tropical Freeze was a mistake Some people liked it a lot, but it doesn't strike me as having that big of a following -- not here, anyway.

I've been re-soured to the series though. I wasn't crazy about the originals (though seeing DKC1 that first time was amazing), fell in love trying Returns on the Wii for like two levels, got Returns on the 3DS, and now think of it as one of my biggest disappointments of the decade.

That bias worked for me this time...sure didn't in DKC2's four-pack the contest before though.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/10/20 12:01:02 AM
#400
For those who were talking about Metroid Prime or Skyrim falling off:

Dark Souls VS Metroid Prime, who you got?

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 11:10:17 PM
#381
It's that Miyamoto shade bro.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 9:08:11 PM
#306
I was meaning that there were two games named Resident Evil 2 and we know which one is in this contest. No offense taken towards feelings on any of those games and I get your point overall, but I wouldn't call the RE2 in this contest and adding Super Mario Kart into this contest as the same thing toward your point.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:58:54 PM
#275
You're being unfair calling RE2 a random '90s game that almost won its division, and I say this also not liking DKC2 (Returns on the 3DS was one of my disappointments of the decade too).

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Topic* GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part Two *
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:52:21 PM
#331
Polycosm with a top-tier post.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:37:09 PM
#212
Also, I think Witcher 3 and Skyrim have gone up or down together every single update so far.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:35:05 PM
#206
KamikazePotato posted...
Xenoblade went from losing to Donkey Kong Country 2 in 2015 to winning its own division. People are already impressed by that, but I think it's also being understated how incredibly well it held up against Ultimate. Nintendo SFF can be brutal, and even if we roll with the notion that it holds up better than 'traditional' Nintendo properties it still outperformed A Link Between Worlds by 6% and only underperformed Mario Odyssey by 4%. That's damn good, and overall it's come a long way.

I'm excited to play its remaster coming out soon, and I agree it handled its SFF well. That game'll continue to go up.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:24:16 PM
#184
ctesjbuvf posted...
I really wish these would've gotten their own day. Even if it meant having two days of Zelda and Smash crushing. It's sad we have such a long break only to rush through the rest.

Totally agree.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:18:16 PM
#157
LamarJackson posted...
ShortReplies posted...
So quick question, those first 500 votes are called board vote?

yep, the people dedicated to the contests enough to vote away are typically very pro Nintendo and anti AAA Western games
To clarify, the board vote is the first five minutes of the match -- however many votes that is may be 500 or otherwise.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 8:12:33 PM
#125
Hey, surprise landing on the Second Change top fifty -- found myself at #20! I had a 50 and a 49-point prediction yesterday so I guess that's why...we'll see if I can surprise the rest of the bracket now. I'm close to the main bracket's top fifty too, so close.....

Witcher 3 and Skyrim showing why they're the favorites early on...I like Dark Souls's chance to come back better than Persona 5's, but it's anybody's game.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 7:51:30 PM
#66
Final minutes before the real meat and potatoes of what this bracket's all about, where you at?!

Witcher 3 > Persona 5 with 54%
Skyrim > Dark Souls with 51%
Our reactions during the board vote > logic that sorts itself out in time with 69%

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TopicName a user and I will rate them
HaRRicH
05/09/20 7:42:33 PM
#247
scarletspeed7 posted...
Underleveled posted...
Harrich
I have seen this name everywhere and for some reason the only thing I have attached to this name is the capital of Pennsylvania and there's absolutely no reason for that.
HaRRisburG, nailed it.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 7:02:37 PM
#50
Leonhart4 posted...
We've had action figures as match pics before, too!

Kratos, right?

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1359
HaRRicH
05/09/20 6:42:42 PM
#45
I would take MP to beat LoZ:LBW and Xenoblade...maaaaaybe SMO, who knows..

Metroid as a series isn't so active anymore, but Metroid Prime was ahead of its time for years after its release and there aren't a lot of Nintendo games I would take to beat it that released ever since it came out.

NINTENDO GAMES THAT COULD BEAT METROID PRIME SINCE MP RELEASED:
LoZ: TP (close), WW (maybe), BotW
Smash: Brawl (once upon a time, anyway.....), SSBU
Mario: SMO (close)
Mario Kart: nope
Pokemon: nope
Xenoblade: likely not
Animal Crossing: nope
Splatoon: nope
Wii Sports: nope
Project S.T.E.A.M.: did you remember Nintendo once made Abraham Lincoln a playable character?

Maybe I'm forgetting something, but that's only two games I'm confident takes MP out of the past eighteen years. MP was big enough to earn a trilogy and tease a fourth release on the Switch to great avail. Super Metroid thrashed SMG and took LoZ:MM to the brink while Samus went toe-to-toe against Mario in our last contest. Metroid would do worse in a Series Contest now, but I don't think people here have forgotten the impact of Metroid Prime.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1358
HaRRicH
05/09/20 5:29:18 PM
#497
(but do them anyway)

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1358
HaRRicH
05/09/20 5:25:57 PM
#496
Bonus matches sound terrific until CD Projekt Red links to the Witcher 3 in its final two hours against LoZ:BotW.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1358
HaRRicH
05/09/20 3:20:34 PM
#480
squexa posted...
MM vs BotW
Brawl vs Witcher 3
FFX vs Ultimate
Fallout 3 vs Skyrim/DS

I understand your ordering here and agree it's probably best (assuming Witcher 3 > Skyrim/DS)...but there's a side of me that wants to see Ultimate > Brawl.

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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1358
HaRRicH
05/08/20 11:19:44 PM
#382
ZenOfThunder posted...
i would take Night in the Woods over the Witness therefore skyrim will beat dark souls

Dangit, how come some of the best games of the decade are at the bottom like this -- use this contest as an opportunity to try new games people!

KamikazePotato posted...
So how many of the Division 7 games below Yakuza 0 do people take it over pre-contest? Or even now?

I would have been doing a lot of disrespecting -- I already took The Witness to beat Yakuza 0. Crusader Kings 2 wouldn't have have a chance in my mind, and like...I would have flip-flopped against some of the other indie games there not named Hotline Miami which I would have been sure would beat it.

Yeah, Yakuza 0 got me all fucked up.

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